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Research Center

Smart
Disaster Management
Research Institute

To expand smart disaster management R&D initiatives utilizing LBS, ICT, IoT, and Big Data, and to secure future growth engines, the
Smart Disaster Management Research Institute has been established.

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    LBS (Location-Based Services)

    LBS refers to systems and services based on location information that comprehensively leverage mobile communications and IT technologies through devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs. By utilizing the location data of users, these services provide not only product information but also traffic updates and location tracking, supporting a wide range of everyday convenience services. In disaster situations, LBS enables real-time situation monitoring for effective disaster management and supports evacuation services through victim location tracking, thereby contributing to the protection of human life.

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    ICT (Information and Communication Technology)

    ICT serves as a core foundation of the creative economy. As an essential infrastructure across all industries and enterprises, ICT has advanced existing products and services while enabling the creation of new ones. Most notably, the internet has transformed our economy into a fully digital economy. Recently, the concept of BMW—standing for Big Data, Mobile, and Wearable—has emerged as a key topic in the ICT field. By converting all services into data and delivering personalized, customized services, BMW represents the technological foundation for the transition from a mass-oriented era to a truly personal era.

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    IoT (Internet of Things)

    IoT is an advanced technology that connects various objects—ranging from home appliances and electronic devices to healthcare systems, remote metering, smart homes, and smart vehicles—into networks to share information, analyze transmitted data, and support decision-making. This technology can also be applied to disaster management. For example, during heavy rainfall, simulations can assess flooding risks downstream of dams or along rivers, enabling immediate alerts from rainfall observation stations and automatic control of bicycle paths and walking trails to reduce potential damage.

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    Big Data

    Big Data is a new service paradigm that acts as a catalyst for innovation within the ICT sector. It refers to vast volumes of data that could not be processed using traditional management and analysis systems. With the emergence of technologies capable of rapidly analyzing such data, Big Data has gained significant attention across social and economic sectors. Technologies and tools related to large-scale data—including collection, storage, search, sharing, analysis, and visualization—are all encompassed within the scope of Big Data. Once limited to specialized fields such as astronomy, aviation, space science, and human genome research, Big Data has expanded across all industries with advances in ICT and has now extended into disaster management, a field closely connected to everyday life.